Super Silly Museums: questions to ask and activities to try
Eight magnificently silly museums to explore. Super Silly Museums is a giggle-fest of fold-out pages from Nick Sharratt.
What age is it for? Super Silly Museums is best for ages 4–7. Good for: Strolling around very silly museums.
Super Silly Museums (Nick Sharratt)
- Age
- 4-7
- Best for
- Strolling around very silly museums
Explore one museum at a time and spot the silliest exhibits. Then plan a real museum visit.
What it helps with
- Looking closely
- Humour
- Talking about what you see
- Museums
Comprehension and discussion questions
Pick two or three, not all of them. “I don’t know” is a fine answer, and you can always come back to it another day.
- “Which museum did we visit?”
- “What was the silliest exhibit?”
- “What did you spot?”
- “Which museum would you visit?”
- “What would your museum be about?”
- “What real museum shall we go to?”
5-minute activities to try together
Home museum
Set up a silly museum of household objects with labels.
Museum trip
Visit a real museum and find one thing that would fit in the book.
Free printables: Super Silly Museums worksheet and activity pack
This book’s one-page worksheet with the questions and activities above, plus our activity pack: printable scenario cards, three 5-minute activities and a “What could I try?” page for practising everyday skills together. Enter your email and download them straight away.
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- Best for
- Learning shapes in a playful way
- Age
- 2-6
You Choose! (Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt)
- Best for
- Making choices and imagining
- Age
- 2-6
Splash Day! (Nick Sharratt)
- Best for
- A splashy rhyme for early readers
- Age
- 4-7
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By the Growing Wise team · Last reviewed: 10 October 2026
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